Part
Whole
Percentage
Real-World
Part, Whole, or Percentage?
100
A local Valero station has 8 stations for pumping gasoline. None of the stations, however, have ANY gasoline. What percentage of the pumps have gasoline?
0% of the pumps at Valero have gasoline
200
Find 50% of 35
35/2 or 17.5
200
35 is 50% of what number?
70
200
What percentage is 5 of 10?
50%
200
Jim-Bob has 20 dogs. He takes 75% of them when he goes huntin'. How many dogs does Jim-Bob take with him?
Jim-Bob takes 15 dogs with him hunting.
200

Find 40% of 50

The answer is 20

300
Find 40% of 30
12
300
16 is 25% of what number?
64
300
What percentage is 40 of 100?
40%
300
A cafeteria sells approximately 700 boxes of milk in a given breakfast. This only makes up 20% of the total milk they have in stock. How much milk does the cafeteria have in stock before breakfast?
The cafeteria has 3,500 cartons of milk in stock before breakfast.
300
50 is 50% of what number?
This asks for the whole. The answer is 100
400
Find 20% of 64
64/5 or 12.8
400
45 is 20% of what number?
225
400
What percentage is 30 of 80?
37% or 37.5%
400
Mr. Warner's 6th period class normally has 9 people in it. There are 74 students in the seventh grade. What percentage of seventh graders are in Mr. Warner's class during 6th period?
Approximately 12% of seventh grade is in Mr. Warner's class during 6th period.
400
60 is 30% of what number?
This asks for the whole. The answer is 200
500
Find 100% of 100
100
500
18 is 40% of what number?
45
500
What percentage is 50 of 2500?
2%
500
A local school is doing a "Stuff the Bus" project for feeding the hungry. Yesterday, it had 30 cans of food. Today, it has 50 cans of food. By what percent did the amount of food increase?
The amount of food on the bus increased by 66%.
500
What percent is 40 of 90?
This asks for the percentage. The answer is 44%